Box Score Junior goaltender Martha Smith tied her career with 12 saves as Colorado College defeated Cabrini College, 18-15, on Saturday afternoon on the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara.

With snow falling on the home fields of both teams, the Tigers and Cavaliers couldn't have picked a better venue for their season opener.

Sophomore midfielder Sadie Cole paced the Tigers with four goals, including one with 3:31 to help CC regain control after Cabrini pulled to with three just 83 seconds earlier. Then she set up a tally by sophomore midfielder Colleen Orr 68 to give her team an 18-13 lead with only to 2:23 remaining.

Senior attacker Lacie Doubet, who recorded a game-high six tallies, struck for a pair of free-position goals during the final minute to close out the scoring.

After Colorado College took its largest lead at 14-8 midway through the second half on the last of three goals by senior attacker Maddy Pitkin, the Cavaliers fought back with three consecutive tallies to stay within striking distance.

Markers by sophomore midfielder Jess Breuning, junior attacker Sarah Carzo and senior attacker Melissa Scanzano pulled the Cavs to within three with 10:29 to play, but senior attacker Virginia Logue and sophomore midfielder Mary Taussig scored nine seconds apart to give the Tigers a 16-11 lead with a little more than 10 minutes remaining.

Cabrini took its only lead of the game at 2-1 when Carzo scored the first of her four tallies 7:26 into the contest.

The Tigers answered with four of the next five goals to take a 5-3 lead, and after Doubet scored for the first time, CC added tallies by Cole and senior attacker Iris Rayburn to build a 7-4 lead after 30 minutes.

Smith made 10 of her saves during the second half, including six on free-position shots. The Cavs finished 6-for-13 from the 8-meter line.

Orr finished with two goals and set up one more, while freshman attacker Steph Kelly recorded a game highs of eight draw controls and two assists.

Sophomore Megan Barlow finished with five saves for Cabrini.

Colorado College won't have long to celebrate the victory. The Tigers return to action at 11 a.m. Sunday in an important West Region contest at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College.